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The RNLI and me: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The father, chef, broadcaster, writer and campaigner on his marine passions
A lot of your work seems to be intertwined with the sea – why is that?
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Pasithea
HARWICH.—On the 16th February, at 6 P.M., information was brought by a Ramsgate smack that a large vessel was ashore on the Long Sand, and that the crew were in great danger. The Life-boat Springwett immediately proceeded there, but, on...
Oberon
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the 28th August three men, with two small boys and a boatman, put out from Totland Bay in the motor launch Oberon to go fishing. The boat's engine broke down and she drifted on to Shingle Bank, which is in an...
None (1)
GIRL FOUND IN WATER BY TANKER'S BOAT Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.28 on the night of the 6th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that cries for help had been heard by the crew of the tanker Hamilton Trader, which...
Druid
RESCUES BY HELICOPTER AND PILOT CUTTER Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 22nd August, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a motor vessel had capsized on the Kibble bar. At 4.12 the life-boat...
A French Trawler (1)
Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and St.
Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 8.12 on the evening of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the Sennen Cove honorary secretary that the Southern Rescue Coordination Centre at Ply- mouth...
An American Flying Fortress (1)
SEPTEMBER 17TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, AND HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 12.25 in the morning the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea one and a half miles north by east of Seahouses. She was an...
Islander
At ii.10 a.m. on 9th August, 1967, the coastguard reported that a dinghy had capsized one mile off Tregantle Fort. The IRB was launched at 11.22 and also the harbour master's launch. However, conditions outside the harbour forced the IRB...
Fishing Boats
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 1.55 early on the morning of the 4th of March, 1960, the life-boat Grace Darling was launched at low water to escort nine local fishing boats to harbour in bad weather. There was a...
Children's Friend
North Sunderland, Northumberland - At ii a.m. on 6th May, 1967, the life-boat mechanic informed the honorary secretary that heavy seas were breaking across the harbour mouth and that the motor fishing vessel Children's Friend was making...